Stereogum — The Grateful Dead turn 50 next year and to celebrate the occasion, they’ll release a career-spanning documentary directed by Amir Bar-Lev, who also had a hand in 2010′s The Tillman Story and 2007′s My Kid Could Paint That. Most notably, the fil... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — With 2013’s Time Off, guitarist Steve Gunn took a leap that often proves disastrous for guitar soli performers: he started singing. His albums had featured vocals before, but Time Off was different. On it, Gunn embraced proper songcraft, echoing th... more info

Mercury News, California — Also, longtime Grateful Dead publicist Dennis McNally releases new book, 'On Highway 61.' more info

Mercury News, California — Dennis McNally, the Grateful Dead's former publicist, will read from 'On Highway 61' Oct. 7 at Diesel bookstore in Oakland. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Last weekend The Times published a profile of the sound artist John Oswald, who has just released an LP version of "Grayfolded." The recording, which is a nearly two-hour sound collage of dozens of live versions of the Grateful Dead's "Dark Star," wa... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — In 1994, John Oswald turned live recordings of the Grateful Dead's 'Dark Star' into an epic sonic collage. 20 hears later, he reworked the early mash-up into an even more-expansive three-LP edition.In 1994, John Oswald turned live recordings of the G... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Before they formed Beachwood Sparks and The Tyde, Brent and Darren Rademaker spent a good chunk of the '90s making noise with their band Further. (Not to be confused with Grateful Dead offshoot Furthur.) Having survived life... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — In late 1974 the Grateful Dead were battening down the hatches and taking refuge from the storm of popularity that had pushed them into larger venues, stage setups and crews. As the age old saying goes ‘more money, more problems’. Jerry had slink... more info

Stereogum — The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia would have been 72 years old at the beginning of this month and Real Estate celebrated his birthday at their show in San Francisco on Friday by playing a cover of “He’s Gone,” which was a favorite in their liv... more info

Stereogum — MyMusicRx is a service that brings music to hospitalized children with cancer. In a new video created by the organization, Ryan Adams performed a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Wharf Rat,” saying he likes to listen to the Dead when he feels out ... more info